Yankees fear the Rally Monkey. You should, too
If only the Angels moved their ALDS series back to Boston, it would have been a different story. Because then they could have brought out the Rally Monkey, the biggest reason why they eliminated the Yankees in 2002 and 2005.
Don't believe me? Then we bring you the words of Derek Jeter, via Lisa Guerrero on a blog at the Los Angeles Times, which we saw from reading WasWatching.com. Got that? Good.
Last month, my husband and I had dinner in New York with Johnny Damon and his wife, Michelle. The subject of the Rally Monkey came up –- don’t ask me why –- and he said that the Yankees “fear him.”
Derek Jeter told Johnny that while in the dugout during the 2002 ALCS, several members of the team were watching the scoreboard in Anaheim during a Rally Monkey video. Derek stepped in front of them and warned his teammates to avert their eyes. “Don’t look at the monkey, whatever you do, don’t look at the monkey.” They laughed him off, watched the video anyway and the Angels defeated the Yankees three games to one and the rest was history.
Johnny told us that he believes in the power of the primate.
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I suggest reading Lisa in the original.